It's kinda funny how the cinematic features this extremely advanced looking starship on a scale that dwarfs the USS Enterprise D in size. Holographic screens at all the stations. And when the captain wants to contact the engine room, he whips out his corded phone from the 80's.
for emotional resonance we need tools we can relate with at the time of release. for dem sad phone calls feels. Wouldn't be the same yelling into his apple watch
@@jk3jk35 plus, with the construction of the Eldridge, it's doable; the bridge and engine section are close. now, if they had the bridge situated closer to the bow of the ship, that's a different story.
the AI on board took over all communications, you hear the female say deploying fake net implying there trying to stop it, so a phone line is probably all they got
I love how at first the events of this intro seemed to have nothing to do with the story, but after finishing the game you can see that they are the reason for everything.
The game would make even more sense if they actually got to make the entire Xeno-series that was "planned" but we only ever got Xenogears and than Xenosaga 1, 2 and 3.
@@XionsEmpire xenosaga isn’t a prequel to xenogears. even if it was, it’d only take up episode 1. also xenoblade exists and 2 especially has a lot of elements from gears.
To give a sense of scale, the "Fort Jasper" that's later found in the game as part of the Fatima family's legacy is just one the many laser turrets shown in 4:16.
@@darrenthetuber743 No. Squaresoft cut funding to Xenogears because Final Fantasy VIII was having development troubles. We're lucky we got Xenogears at all.
It’s SO chilling. The way the choir-like vocals come in, as if to convey that it’s a literal machine god. It’s incredibly masterful storytelling, with both visuals and sound.
I love this opening, the feeling of something sinister taking over the ship, so dangerous that the only choice is self destruct lol. That Captain reminds me of Robotech (if anyone remembers that show) :)
I would love it if Square licensed Xenogears to Nintendo/Monolithsoft for a proper remake including everything that was ever intended to go into the original game, along with updates and upgrades from Takahashi's learnings from Xenosaga and Xenoblade. Also, bring in the full direction team including Soraya Saga, Yasunori Mitsuda, Yasuyuki Honne, and Kunihiko Tanaka. I believe all work for Nintendo currently except Saga and Mitsuda; but Saga has worked exclusively with Nintendo on a contractual basis since leaving Namco in 2004, and Mitsuda works primarily with Nintendo, so it should be very easy to bring them onboard. The whole team are now veterans and do very high quality work. Unlike the FF7 team (which is missing several key people from its development team), who people are worrying about, there's every reason to believe the Monolithsoft team would not only do the source material justice, but improve on its presentation.
Yeah i would love it, cause I never played Xenogears but the newer Takahashi and Honne games (Baten Kaitos 1 + Origins, Xenoblade) and they are all great. At least we get a new Xenoblade on Nintendo Switch this dezember. The next game after that is said to be more medieval and western.
I remember watching this over and over on the demo disc that came with, I think, FF7. This fmv will forever be embedded in my mind as a result.. There was SO much unexplained and only when you've made it through more than half of the game do you realize the importance of this entire scene.. They DEFINITELY don't make games like this anymore.
It was parasite eve they had a playable demo of xenogears and brave fencer musashi also was a video demo of FF8 which wasn't out yet plus if you have this demo disc you can use it with the game to play all the FM videos from xenogears if you have the game you can swap out the disc and instead of watching the opening you can watch all the FM videos.
I have it. PE comes with the 1998 Collector's CD volume 1, which has Xenogears (playable), Bushido Blade 2 (movie), Brave Fencer Musashi (movie) and FF8 (movie).
It was back when Square was taking some ballsy risks, especially narratively. They became vital and contemporary, unfortunately it didn't last long, they became increasingly self reflexive after the narrative failure of FFVIII
@@darrenthetuber743 what happened with ffviii. seeing the hardwork I knew I didn't want to play it. FF7 was a blast though. Xenogears one year later was so deep and immersing. I never knew I could have a blast like FF7 again and Xenogears was even the step further. I played FF9 2 years later didn't finish it but quite loved it.
I didn't realize until I saw the script that they actually use the word "Deus" in the dialogue here. I really wish this game had subtitles. It would've made this scene a lot easier to comprehend.
they don't say deus in the script (if you're talking about the auto pilot system). in the dialogue, they say "Auto pilot system Faust has been accessed, and its phased space logic is being rewritten." however, the gamefaqs script that I think you're referencing uses "deus" instead of faust for some reason.
First "Dark Dawn", then "Omen", and much later "Awakening". From prologue, to journey, to "final" battle. The connection between these [master]pieces shows us how Xenogears is more than just a videogame, but a collection of millions shades of light, reflecting the Beginning and the End, holding Tears of the Stars, Hearts of the People, contained in Small Two of Pieces. In the end, although the second disc had to deal with budget constraints, Xenogears remains a true Gem Which Cannot Be Stolen.
the self destruct sound effect comes from Terminator 2 when Arnold uses the grenade launcher, specifically the shot that kills T1000. I've watched that movie so many times I knew I've heard that sound before.
Xenogears space theme will be somewhat will be true I guess sometime n the future as a arc for humanity but for us n future to research n find out if it will be whenever !a space research is needed!
Does anyone know who voiced the girl(s) in the intro? I know there are three female characters speaking but either it's one woman voicing all three or their voices are so similar I can't tell the difference. Were their roles ever credited? I can't find it on IMDB or other sites.
anytime I introduce people to this game: "Here's an awesome opening cutscene! It will take the entire length of the game to explain what the fuck happened here."
I think an argument can be made that the a.i. that takes over the ship was copied from KOS-MOS...or it -was- her...; regardless, we'll never know, as we'll never see 'episode 4'....
The primary antagonist taking over the ship is Deus (the wave motion existence/U-DO), the trans dimensional being that was imprisoned as a source of energy for Zohar. The Zohar is half of the WMD Yabeh and its energy source (And the idiocy of them transporting a galactic level weapon of mass destruction to be decommissioned on a civilian colony ship!). At the same time the mother aspect, Kadomony the organic computer half of Yabeh was fulfilling the maternal wish of the boy who came into contact with Yabeh (and freed Deus). Zohar is a source of infinite energy (of potentially divine origin) that has existed since the beginning of time and was found buried on Earth in Kenya (also called Lost Jerusalem in Xenosaga because they hid themselves away from the rest of the galaxy to stop the Zohar being used), like the Monoliths of 2001 which it is visually inspired by its implied that it influenced and sparked the evolution of humanity and intelligence. Studying the Zohar allowed humanity to develop warp travel. There are 12 keys to it called Anima which when used cause Zohar to reset the universe back to its initial creation.
The lead developers have actually denied being influenced by Evangelion- and they’ve been very forthcoming about other influences (e.g. the book Childhood’s End, or Rico existing just because they playing a lot of Street Fighter II). So apparently there was just a lot of interest in these sorts of things in 1990s Japan!
@@haruhisuzumiya6650 there are countless callbacks and references all over the series, Xenoblade X included. there are too many to count, I reccommend looking at a playthrough of xenogears or playing it yourself, it really adds to the experience of replaying the Xenoblade games.
They were transporting a bio-mechanical interplanetary invasion system(Deus) that they deemed too dangerous to be used, in order to be disposed of. The A.I. of said system became self-aware and took over the ship, in which the captain pressed the self-destruct button to destroy it. The ship along with the A.I. crashed on the nearby planet which heavily damaged the former. The purple-haired woman at the end is a creation of said weapon, to act as an agent of it in order to repair it using humans built from its remains to act as spare parts after refining them.
@@Nainco07 ??? Miang was by far the coolest character in the entire game. It's been a long time since I've played it all the way through, but iirc, she was the puppet master that pulled all the strings behind the scenes, correct? Of course she is the best girl. Her character was awesome. Not only that, she was like.. the progenitor of the entire human race.
@@aBanabis Ok, i get it. But Miang it's not a single girl, she is every women in xenoears universe. In fact, she is some kind of entity. That's why is a bit confusingg sayin she is best girl
@@aBanabis every women in the xenogears universe have the miang factor in their genes, so, yeah, she Is every girl miang want. She said it was a matter of chance who Is the next though.
It's kinda funny how the cinematic features this extremely advanced looking starship on a scale that dwarfs the USS Enterprise D in size. Holographic screens at all the stations. And when the captain wants to contact the engine room, he whips out his corded phone from the 80's.
for emotional resonance we need tools we can relate with at the time of release. for dem sad phone calls feels. Wouldn't be the same yelling into his apple watch
to be frank, a physical line is probably more secure, reliable, and faster than relying on wireless computer tech.
@@jk3jk35 plus, with the construction of the Eldridge, it's doable; the bridge and engine section are close. now, if they had the bridge situated closer to the bow of the ship, that's a different story.
This will all make sense in 60 hours.
the AI on board took over all communications, you hear the female say deploying fake net implying there trying to stop it, so a phone line is probably all they got
I love how at first the events of this intro seemed to have nothing to do with the story, but after finishing the game you can see that they are the reason for everything.
60 hours later and it all makes sense.
The game would make even more sense if they actually got to make the entire Xeno-series that was "planned" but we only ever got Xenogears and than Xenosaga 1, 2 and 3.
@@nekomasteryoutube3232 Meaning we were that much closer to a full circle with the 4th leading up to this very scene...
Rip
@@XionsEmpire xenosaga isn’t a prequel to xenogears. even if it was, it’d only take up episode 1. also xenoblade exists and 2 especially has a lot of elements from gears.
please explain to me
To give a sense of scale, the "Fort Jasper" that's later found in the game as part of the Fatima family's legacy is just one the many laser turrets shown in 4:16.
Well the Babylon tower is literally the whole ship
@@noctissama3146 a part of it yes, its "body". The commanding bridge and rear are Mahanon? I don't remember.
@@Joao-de9gl u r correct, that part of the ship is Mahanon where the Razael tree is found
Pretty damn good cutscenes for a pre-2000 game.
it probably blew their entire budget hence why disc 2 is a narrative clip show
@@darrenthetuber743 No. Squaresoft cut funding to Xenogears because Final Fantasy VIII was having development troubles. We're lucky we got Xenogears at all.
@@ChaoticHolyFF8 s*cked
20 years later and still one of the best JRPGs ever made
The only bad thing in this game is the cd 2
@@davidgaitanmoyano5231 Even then it wasn't "bad" just not what it should have been.
@@demonofelru3214 I'm stuck in CD two where I have to solve a soduku-like math puzzle
@@georgedelcid5611 What part?
@@demonofelru3214 ua-cam.com/video/1UjSJikipkM/v-deo.html
Every few years I am compelled to rewatch this, and it never fails to drown me in chills.
Same, i get so invested in this one cutscene i honestly wanna cry when the "Ye Shall Be As Gods" virus sprouts up as the captain watches it.
What's Wild is that everything they say in the video actually means something, it's not just Mindless made up jargon
@@Yamigata Reading through Perfect Works, it's insane how much world building doesn't make it into the game.... But still has a deep impact on it.
When "You shall be as gods" starts scrolling repeatedly across the monitors, that's when shit gets real.
Chills every time. The music at that point is perfect.
Did you know it’s from genesis? It is about consuming the fruit of knowledge. Presumably Deus mocks humans for using knowledge to create itself
Thats the code used in Xenosaga 1 too when i seen that i almost lost my shit
It’s SO chilling. The way the choir-like vocals come in, as if to convey that it’s a literal machine god. It’s incredibly masterful storytelling, with both visuals and sound.
one of the most epic video game intro ever made.
I love this opening, the feeling of something sinister taking over the ship, so dangerous that the only choice is self destruct lol. That Captain reminds me of Robotech (if anyone remembers that show) :)
First time reading title of this show.
He reminds me of gendo.
@@Maxim.Nazarenko he's talking about Macross, which was called Robotech in USA
@@weatherfuckingreport7682 Thanks, good to see answer, even after a month.
5:40 Little did anyone of us know, her role in the story.
Man I'm old played this in my teens
The operator in the intro is epic. No Captain deserves her.
4:38 That smile he gives as he thinks about his family one last time.
I would love it if Square licensed Xenogears to Nintendo/Monolithsoft for a proper remake including everything that was ever intended to go into the original game, along with updates and upgrades from Takahashi's learnings from Xenosaga and Xenoblade. Also, bring in the full direction team including Soraya Saga, Yasunori Mitsuda, Yasuyuki Honne, and Kunihiko Tanaka. I believe all work for Nintendo currently except Saga and Mitsuda; but Saga has worked exclusively with Nintendo on a contractual basis since leaving Namco in 2004, and Mitsuda works primarily with Nintendo, so it should be very easy to bring them onboard.
The whole team are now veterans and do very high quality work. Unlike the FF7 team (which is missing several key people from its development team), who people are worrying about, there's every reason to believe the Monolithsoft team would not only do the source material justice, but improve on its presentation.
Yeah i would love it, cause I never played Xenogears but the newer Takahashi and Honne games (Baten Kaitos 1 + Origins, Xenoblade) and they are all great. At least we get a new Xenoblade on Nintendo Switch this dezember. The next game after that is said to be more medieval and western.
the issue lies in the fact that copyrights are broken into too many companies. It will never happen.
Jonathan Drouin nintendo could buy xenogears ip but given the similarities with xenoblade chronicles 2.
They would probably do it if all these supposed Xenogears fan actually bought a legit copy of the game back then!
I think the Creator has the last word on this, not Square or other companies.
The opening of the greatest and deepest rpg of all time... perfect as rpg game and perfect as Anime too
This opening movie has aged very well.
I remember watching this over and over on the demo disc that came with, I think, FF7. This fmv will forever be embedded in my mind as a result.. There was SO much unexplained and only when you've made it through more than half of the game do you realize the importance of this entire scene.. They DEFINITELY don't make games like this anymore.
It was parasite eve they had a playable demo of xenogears and brave fencer musashi also was a video demo of FF8 which wasn't out yet plus if you have this demo disc you can use it with the game to play all the FM videos from xenogears if you have the game you can swap out the disc and instead of watching the opening you can watch all the FM videos.
I have it. PE comes with the 1998 Collector's CD volume 1, which has Xenogears (playable), Bushido Blade 2 (movie), Brave Fencer Musashi (movie) and FF8 (movie).
It was back when Square was taking some ballsy risks, especially narratively. They became vital and contemporary, unfortunately it didn't last long, they became increasingly self reflexive after the narrative failure of FFVIII
@@darrenthetuber743 what happened with ffviii. seeing the hardwork I knew I didn't want to play it. FF7 was a blast though. Xenogears one year later was so deep and immersing. I never knew I could have a blast like FF7 again and Xenogears was even the step further. I played FF9 2 years later didn't finish it but quite loved it.
The single greatest game of all-time
@Shaman X yes xenoblade has taken quite a turn in the art department. The formula of story telling will never be this good again.
Shaman Xeed u mean xenoblade 2 right? Xenoblade 1 had a good story and wasn’t filled with the fan service 2 has
Disc 2, sorry but thats a hindrance.
@Shaman Xeed Xenoblade is still one of the best stories in games. Not as complex but more emotionally driven and still way better than most others
@Shaman Xeed Xenoblade 1 has a better story than Xenogears
Xenoblade 2 is also really good
wow this is quite brutal intro if you'll think about it
I would watch an entire anime on this game
Did you know there is a xenosaga anime and it’s on UA-cam
If only Square-Enix can license the rights to Studio Trigger...
The intro is still more epic than most anime could ever hope to be, a real masterpiece of it's time
The game shall remake
The game that started it all...
I'M REALLY FEELING IT!!
Here it is boys. The king.
I didn't realize until I saw the script that they actually use the word "Deus" in the dialogue here. I really wish this game had subtitles. It would've made this scene a lot easier to comprehend.
they don't say deus in the script (if you're talking about the auto pilot system).
in the dialogue, they say "Auto pilot system Faust has been accessed, and its phased space logic is being rewritten."
however, the gamefaqs script that I think you're referencing uses "deus" instead of faust for some reason.
@@dasheru Okay, that makes more sense.
A masterpiece.
I'll never see this opening the same way again.
@3:38 "You shall be as gods"
Seeing that gives me a chill every time
First "Dark Dawn", then "Omen", and much later "Awakening". From prologue, to journey, to "final" battle. The connection between these [master]pieces shows us how Xenogears is more than just a videogame, but a collection of millions shades of light, reflecting the Beginning and the End, holding Tears of the Stars, Hearts of the People, contained in Small Two of Pieces. In the end, although the second disc had to deal with budget constraints, Xenogears remains a true Gem Which Cannot Be Stolen.
SQUARE look what you LOST!
Still get goose bumps
So good!
My favorite story of ALL TIME!
DJing this as is in Japan was one of the highlights of my life.
Aaaah, the memories...
I remember! The feels
That was dope!
Coming back from Future Redeemed, this could be the beginning of the new era of Xenoblade...
The beginning of chapter 5 had me deep diving into all the xenogames lore again love this series.
That's what I said
You don't see games like this anymore
Hands down best game that was never finished
the self destruct sound effect comes from Terminator 2 when Arnold uses the grenade launcher, specifically the shot that kills T1000. I've watched that movie so many times I knew I've heard that sound before.
4:42 all the Star Trek noises
Raiguard I expected to hear Patrick Stewart shout, "Come!" after 4:44.
@@mrbuu82
"Make it so, Number One"
This one!
From earth to Saturn moons to need to be done!
Wish you could buy it on psn like ff7 8 9 etc
Xenogears space theme will be somewhat will be true I guess sometime n the future as a arc for humanity but for us n future to research n find out if it will be whenever !a space research is needed!
Cinematic starts at 1:12
Does anyone know who voiced the girl(s) in the intro? I know there are three female characters speaking but either it's one woman voicing all three or their voices are so similar I can't tell the difference. Were their roles ever credited? I can't find it on IMDB or other sites.
*Arc Gates the live ones to Earth.*
A my realistic arc at first !
10,000 B. Yisus :(
active self destruct... (com badge) (door chime)
BEST. INTRO. EVER.
Close. I think the intro for Ghost in the Shell on the PS1 is sightly better.
ua-cam.com/video/gQXl9gaeNLQ/v-deo.html
E obrigatório ter um remake disso 😍
Indeed!
This was brought up in Future Redeemed. Oh boy Takahashi, what are you up to now? 👀
One step for man one giant leap for humankind!
anytime I introduce people to this game:
"Here's an awesome opening cutscene! It will take the entire length of the game to explain what the fuck happened here."
Honestly Xenosaga would do good as an actual anime
what's the name of the music in the soundtrack?
light from the netherworld
Awakening.
I wonder what ever became of this civilization.
Many many years laters that purple lady started a form of new humanity
Dross y Jordiwild capos
_Oveila Lunar Darkrender_
Signs of the times but they need to test stuff through the solar system!
Question. Why the hell would you put a rogue homicidal A.I. on a refugee ship?
*Annihalates Deus before it can take them.*
This feels very much like the episode of Neon Genesis Evangelion where an angel infiltrates Nerv and tries to hack the Magi supercomputers.
日本版だとオペレーターとかもっと抑揚のあるセリフだけど英語版だと棒読みみたいだな
Purifyng graund
I think an argument can be made that the a.i. that takes over the ship was copied from KOS-MOS...or it -was- her...; regardless, we'll never know, as we'll never see 'episode 4'....
I've not had a chance to read/look through Perfect Works...I should probably look for it on Amazon or something.... Thanks! :)
Episode 4 of Xenosaga or episdoe 4 of Xenogears? I think Xenogears episode IV was the creation of Solaris.
unfortunately, due to copyrights issues, Xenogears and Xenosaga are unrelated.
The primary antagonist taking over the ship is Deus (the wave motion existence/U-DO), the trans dimensional being that was imprisoned as a source of energy for Zohar. The Zohar is half of the WMD Yabeh and its energy source (And the idiocy of them transporting a galactic level weapon of mass destruction to be decommissioned on a civilian colony ship!). At the same time the mother aspect, Kadomony the organic computer half of Yabeh was fulfilling the maternal wish of the boy who came into contact with Yabeh (and freed Deus).
Zohar is a source of infinite energy (of potentially divine origin) that has existed since the beginning of time and was found buried on Earth in Kenya (also called Lost Jerusalem in Xenosaga because they hid themselves away from the rest of the galaxy to stop the Zohar being used), like the Monoliths of 2001 which it is visually inspired by its implied that it influenced and sparked the evolution of humanity and intelligence. Studying the Zohar allowed humanity to develop warp travel. There are 12 keys to it called Anima which when used cause Zohar to reset the universe back to its initial creation.
@@jonathandrouin8717 ...I guess think Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch situation with X-Men/Avengers
What were they thinking building something like that?
Some scientists get so lost in their ideas they don't consider the consequences of their actions. I've heard them referred to as smart stupid people.
@@jimjim377Elon Musk
@@jimjim377Elon Musk 🤡
The English voice actor for the captain sounds awful familiar
Xenogears
same
I agree
xenogears
Tem o CP
What the hell?
Klaus!
英語を話すオペレータもかっこいいな。
#TeamDarkrender
A Collide
...hahahshahah
Initializing Fake Net!
The Biblical references....
4:32
The scripture at the beginning is greatest! ,It will be God n mankind's freewill n time I guess!
Dang they really liked Evangelion huh?
this came out before evangelion
@@gsqussy What? Evangelion's original run was october 1995 to march 1996. This game released in 1998.
@@rfmerrill planning started in 1994 for xenogears. but you're right mb
The lead developers have actually denied being influenced by Evangelion- and they’ve been very forthcoming about other influences (e.g. the book Childhood’s End, or Rico existing just because they playing a lot of Street Fighter II). So apparently there was just a lot of interest in these sorts of things in 1990s Japan!
What have you done Klaus...
@@wswkltms
Maybe wrong game but the same universe :^)
@@wswkltms well, not technically confirmed but the zohar literally being in xenoblade 2 under a different name certainly hints at it...
This is not Klaus' doing.
Primeiro contato
セリフが棒読みに聞こえるや
What the fuck? Elysium, chapter 10?
The opening of chapter ten strongly parallels this scene, considering Tetsuya Takahashi wrote both of them it only makes sense
@@octavia8836 how much of xenogears is in XBC2?
@@haruhisuzumiya6650 there are countless callbacks and references all over the series, Xenoblade X included. there are too many to count, I reccommend looking at a playthrough of xenogears or playing it yourself, it really adds to the experience of replaying the Xenoblade games.
Can someone explain what is happening here?
Robot takes over spaceship
They were transporting a bio-mechanical interplanetary invasion system(Deus) that they deemed too dangerous to be used, in order to be disposed of.
The A.I. of said system became self-aware and took over the ship, in which the captain pressed the self-destruct button to destroy it.
The ship along with the A.I. crashed on the nearby planet which heavily damaged the former.
The purple-haired woman at the end is a creation of said weapon, to act as an agent of it in order to repair it using humans built from its remains to act as spare parts after refining them.
It was an evolution project gone wrong.
@4:36 that's... that's Elly and Miang! wtf.
Apparently that's a mistake. They aren't supposed to look like that.
Miang is the naked girl with purple hair at the end. I don't think the 2 girls in the picture are supposed to be anyone in particular.
Miang was made in Elly's image by Deus.
@@aBanabis Miang Hawwah
Miang best girl
WTF?
@@Nainco07 ??? Miang was by far the coolest character in the entire game. It's been a long time since I've played it all the way through, but iirc, she was the puppet master that pulled all the strings behind the scenes, correct? Of course she is the best girl. Her character was awesome. Not only that, she was like.. the progenitor of the entire human race.
@@aBanabis Ok, i get it. But Miang it's not a single girl, she is every women in xenoears universe. In fact, she is some kind of entity. That's why is a bit confusingg sayin she is best girl
@@Nainco07 ...not really? she's purple hair girl. she's had a shitload of incarnations, but she is not every girl.
@@aBanabis every women in the xenogears universe have the miang factor in their genes, so, yeah, she Is every girl miang want. She said it was a matter of chance who Is the next though.
Terrible trailer full of spoilers
please tell me your being sarcastic
@@metsu4777😂
The english dub was ugly!